General News

Maryville, Tenn. – October 29, 2026 -- Clayton, which built more than 59,000 homes nationwide in 2025, has released the teaser for "Built: A Story of Factory-Built Housing in America," a documentary short that makes the case for manufactured housing as an answer to the U.S. attainable housing shortage.

Film draws on Harvard, HUD and Oak Ridge experts

Barrett Burgin directed the film, and Big Slate Media produced it. Interviewees include representatives of the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, the Oak Ridge History Museum and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, alongside historians, researchers, builders and housing advocates.

The film traces factory-built housing from the World War II era in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to the present. It examines how the sector has responded to supply constraints and opened new routes to homeownership.

MILWAUKEE – October 29, 2026 -- SoftwareOne Holding AG (SIX: SWON) has been named the Global Channel Sales winner in the 2026 GitHub Services and Channel Partner of the Year Awards.

SoftwareOne expands GitHub offering across four service lines

The company has built out its GitHub capabilities across advisory, implementation, managed services and specialized delivery. SoftwareOne says its global delivery network lets customers roll out GitHub solutions at scale and tie software development to business goals. Its stated customer benefits are more productive developers, stronger DevOps practices and faster digital transformation.

Services director describes a shift from internal initiative to strategic partnership

Kiril Izov, Global Services Director at SoftwareOne, said the GitHub work began as a focused initiative driven by colleagues and has become a strategic partnership.

Yantai – October 29, 2026 -- Translators and journalists from China, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Morocco and Russia toured Yantai in Shandong Province from October 11 to 13, 2026, visiting a biopharmaceutical producer and an intelligent-manufacturing company as part of a city-promotion program.

CICG translation academy and Yantai's party propaganda department co-organized the visit

The event was jointly run by the Academy of Translation and Interpreting of the China International Communications Group (CICG) and the Publicity Department of the Yantai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. Participants carried out on-site research and discussed their work.

Yantai – October 29, 2026 -- Translators and journalists from China, Germany, Egypt, Pakistan, Morocco and Russia visited biopharmaceutical, intelligent manufacturing and tourism sites in Yantai, Shandong Province, during a three-day program held Oct. 11-13, 2026.

CICG academy and Yantai party committee co-organize fieldwork tour

The event, titled "Where Mountains Meet the Sea, Intelligence Inspires New Voices," was co-organized by the CICG Academy of Translation and Interpretation and the Publicity Department of the CPC Yantai Municipal Committee. Participants combined site visits with discussion sessions on their work.

United States – October 29, 2026 -- SupplyOne is marketing engineering-led custom corrugated packaging that combines product protection, retail branding and supply chain services for manufacturers, distributors and e-commerce businesses.

The company's nationwide team of packaging engineers and designers covers structural concepts, prototypes, custom die-cuts, printed shipping boxes and retail-ready displays.

SupplyOne right-sizes boxes to reduce excess material and damage-related returns

Engineers align box dimensions, board grade, interior protection and structural features to cut excess materials and wasted space. SupplyOne says this can lower damage risks during handling, transportation and storage, reduce damage-related returns and improve total packaging costs across the supply chain.

Chicago – October 29, 2026 -- Integra Asset Solutions will sell equipment from Chicago Scenic Studios, including two CNC routers and a CNC waterjet cutter, in an online-only public auction on Tuesday, October 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. CT.

The assets are located at the company's facility at 955 W. Cermak Road in Chicago. Chicago Scenic Studios was founded in 1978 and grew from a design and fabrication shop serving Chicago's theater community into a scenic fabrication company serving theater, television and film, museums, corporate events and branded environments.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- COOPABLE is marketing OEM co-op advertising programs to automotive dealerships as a way to share campaign costs with manufacturers and run larger campaigns. The company has not disclosed funding levels, reimbursement rates or client numbers.

Manufacturers share dealership advertising costs under co-op programs

Under co-op programs, dealers split advertising spend with the OEM. COOPABLE says this covers a significant portion of expenses, which matters most for smaller dealerships managing tight budgets. The funding applies to online platforms, social media and print.

OEM brand guidelines tie local ads to national campaigns

Dealers that join OEM programs must keep the messaging, design and tone of their ads consistent with the manufacturer's brand guidelines. In return, OEM partnerships can provide custom creative assets and funding for local events, according to COOPABLE.

United States – October 29, 2026 -- Multifamily lenders underwrite loans on the income potential of the property as well as the borrower's credit profile, a key difference from traditional home mortgages, according to a financing guide for apartment investors.

Underwriting centers on rent rolls, occupancy and projected cash flow

Lenders review current rent rolls, historical operating statements, occupancy trends, property condition, market demand and projected cash flow. Property cash flow is often one of the most important factors in loan eligibility. Borrower liquidity, credit profile and ability to manage the asset are assessed separately.

Properties in growing markets with strong rental demand typically receive more favorable consideration. Well-maintained assets generally carry less risk for lenders.

MCLEAN, Va. – October 29, 2026 -- Hilton (NYSE: HLT) placed 53 properties across eight brands in the 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards, up from 47 in 2025, with six taking No. 1 rankings in their categories.

Twenty-six Hilton properties ranked in the top five in their markets, according to the company. The U.S. and U.K. reader surveys covered Waldorf Astoria, Conrad, LXR, NoMad, Signia Hilton, Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Curio Collection and Motto by Hilton.

Waldorf Astoria and Conrad take all six first-place rankings

Four Waldorf Astoria properties led their categories in the U.S. survey: The Roosevelt New Orleans (No. 1 in New Orleans, and No. 28 hotel in the world), Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead (No. 1 in Atlanta), Waldorf Astoria Helsinki (No. 1 in Northern Europe) and Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal (No. 1 resort in Western Mexico).

Klausen-Leopoldsdorf – October 29, 2026 -- Jürgen Bruckner, managing director of Austria's Bruckner Holding GmbH, says most of his organization's more than 22,000 customers buy products repeatedly without joining the sales structure. He names this as the key test separating legitimate direct selling from pyramid schemes.

Bruckner ties legitimacy to the source of revenue

Bruckner, active in the industry for more than twelve years, argues that a business funded mainly by entry fees and recruitment lacks economic substance. Such a structure survives only while new participants keep paying in. He says compensation linked to actual product sales, rather than to position in the hierarchy, undercuts the claim that only the first entrants earn money.